Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Google Plus What?????

I really hate to ditch my Google + page, but that's likely what I'm going to do. I'm really disgusted by the hardcore porn I find in large images almost every time I log onto the site. I've reported it more than once, but it keeps showing up anyway.

It's a shame, because unlike Twitter, the amount of text that can be included with an image post isn't limited to 140 characters. I suppose I can do that on Facebook, though. I like to include enough text with the cover images to generate the interest of potential readers.

Yes, I used to write some pretty explicit passages in my novels. Used to. But even that isn't quite as bad as large, full color photos, close ups of the sex act on a site that can be easily accessed by tech-savvy kids. Come to think of it, they don't even have to be all that savvy to get into Google +.

I guess I've become a prude, huh? I considered rewriting my novels to make them less graphic, but I got lazy. No, actually, I just figured that there are a lot of people out there who have read those books, most of them because of the sex, most likely.That's just not who I am now, which is why I decided to start the serial blog, An Army of Angels. I've changed, so I wanted readers to see how my characters have changed as well--how world events and personal growth have changed them, for better or worse.Some might like the changes, some might not. Time will tell.

Sorry to see you go but I totally understand. Thankfully, I haven't seen any of this but I have my page limited to show me only the people that I want to see. I've not tried Twitter or FB yet. Or Instagram or Tumbr or whatever else there is. So many these days.

I ignore the hard porn on Twitter. They can Follow me if they wish, but since I don't Follow back they go away. Facebook seems to have as much if not more traffic. At least I've had people on Facebook contact me for one of my books. That has not happened on Twitter that I know of, or of anyone actually going to my site or Amazon and buying. I think your current writing is better.

Norma, I'm the same way. I'm not interested in doing those scenes in my book any more, or reading such, for that matter.I'm not tech-savy, nor will I ever be. I know if I were not a writer, I wouldn't even have a computer, or be on a social site at all. My cell phone doesn't have internet, and I'm glad it doesn't.